Located on the Herisson Prong on Denham Sound in the southern region of Shark Bay, Western Australia Useless Loop a UNESCO World Heritage Site is found. Useless Loop is a closed company town which services the Solar Salt Operation Shark Bay, exporting an average of 1.4 million tonnes of salt. The first half of Useless Loops name was that French explorer Henri-Louis de Saulces de Freycinet believed the beautiful inviting harbour was blocked by a sandbar.